What tools are there to help keep my child safe?

Internet Matters

Internet Matters is a non-profit organisation which offers a wide range of advice and support to parents of digitally-minded children. Information like:

Parental controls for broadband

Parental controls for mobile phones

Parental controls for games consoles

How to deal with online bullying

Extremism and Radicalisation

Following on from the issues in Birmingham, Ofsted are looking carefully at how schools are safeguarding children from extremism and radicalisation. Indicators of vulnerability include:

Identity

the student/pupil is distanced from their cultural /religious heritage and experiences;

discomfort about their place in society;

personal Crisis – the student/pupil may be experiencing family tensions;

a sense of isolation;

low self-esteem;

they may have dissociated from their existing friendship group and become involved with a new and different group of friends;

they may be searching for answers to questions about identity, faith and belonging.

Personal Circumstances

migration;

local community tensions; and

events affecting the student/pupil’s country or region of origin may contribute to a sense of grievance that is triggered by personal experience of racism or discrimination or aspects of Government policy

Unmet Aspirations

the student/pupil may have perceptions of injustice;

a feeling of failure;

rejection of civic life;

Experiences of Criminality

involvement with criminal groups

imprisonment; and

poor resettlement/reintegration on release

Special Educational Needs

social interaction

empathy with others

understanding the consequences of their actions; and

awareness of the motivations of others

More critical risk factors could include:

being in contact with extremist recruiters;

accessing violent extremist websites, especially those with a social networking element;

possessing or accessing violent extremist literature;

using extremist narratives and a global ideology to explain personal disadvantage;

justifying the use of violence to solve societal issues;

joining or seeking to join extremist organisations; and

significant changes to appearance and/or behaviour;

experiencing a high level of social isolation, resulting in issues of identity crisis and/or personal crisis.

Stonewall

Challenging homophobia and celebrating different families and role models in secondary schools, primary schools, colleges and universities through Stonewall's Education for All programme. Working with schools, national and local government, teachers, parents, carers and young people themselves to raise standards.